Sunday Reads...
- Greg McNeilly
- Jan 11
- 5 min read
An irregular roundup of thought-provoking reads. Most made me go “hmm…”
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The Court's role as the final expositor of the Constitution is well established, but its role as a platonic guardian admonishing those responsible to public opinion as if they were truant schoolchildren has no similar place in our system of government.” — Chief Justice William Rehnquist in Texas v. Johnson
Bold leader: The undeniable effectiveness of Marco Rubio.
His chess playing is layered.
And likely what it is on the face of it and little more.
The long precedent and legal authority for Trump bringing justice to a Venezuelan strongman.
The Vatican weighed in attempting to create an exit for Maduro but he was too slow.
China was showcasing its support the day Moduro was taken into custody.
Giant abroad, Midget at home is the framing of Trump’s current dynamic.
Indictment: Read the DOJ previously sealed indictment of Nicolas Maduro Moros.
Succession! Staten Island muses over succession from New York City.
Unpacking “Padel” the sport.
Reflections on a visit to Taiwan.
Mapping the number of households by state that have no income, here.
Sans First Amendment: What would life look like with a First Amendment, consider France.
Progress: PBS shuttered its organization after nearly 60-years of failing to achieve profitability with tax-funded welfare.
Mapping each state’s favorite fast food restaurant.
On the move: From the heartland to the South, Americans are moving.
Charting how New Year’s Resolutions differ between men and women.
Unpacking the “psychology” of people who don’t care about sports ball.
Trump yaks with the House GOP Caucus, here.
How the West can protect itself against the rising tide of terrorism, here.
Iowa families now have school choice.
Interesting shifts in U.S. protestant church membership the past 26 years, here.
The Islamic invasion of American Higher Ed is making China look like a piker!
Traitor Aldrich Ames died.
NIMBA-my-Data-Center: The anti-binary crowd has mobilized!
WSJ bemoans the death of the “happy hour” and how young(er) folk are loosing community.
Top 2026 movies (anticipated), here.
“QAnon Shaman” turns against Trump.
America’s “Middle Class” is graduating!
Trump’s press love: Unprecedented access and transparency.
Unpacking Stephen Miller the White House bumpkin.
What is “rich?” The data provides an outline.
Unpacking a profile of Gavin Newsom.
No, Black Rock has not bought-up all the house. Another “you are the victim” narrative too many people swallow.
A reflection on our nation’s Declaration Of Independence.
Duh. Just Americans could previously buy Yugos, they should have the freedom to buy CCCP EVs.
Evil in Pennsylvania, here.
Behind the tragedy of an ICE protestor’s death:
Reflecting on the adderal craze fueling people.
Filming law enforcement is not illegal no matter who claims it.
Take a spin! Gratitude inducing. Check out the birth lottery.
How the Neanderthal DNA impacts the human population’s health.
Yeats - the occultist? Apparently.
Pop. Soda. Or Coke? The regional variance mapped.
Tracking state-and-local government debt (not pretty).
In praise of the American Cowboy hat.
Yup! Decline is a policy choice that the Uhaul Moving Index communicates.
Never good: Increasing the federal law enforcement - through FTEs - or statutory proliferation has never been a positive.
From bad to worse: Government teacher union political donations move from nearly to universally partisan. Makes sense, our tax-funded “school” system is not designed to educate it is designed to employ adults.
Unlike Minnesota, Mississippi has taken fraudsters to trail.
Aviator’s latest crosses the $1 billion mark in record time.
Speech is still censored on American campuses.
AI:
40 million ChatGPT users ask it health questions - daily.
Frog cops? When you let AI do your work, slop probability goes up.
Can AI help communicate with whales?
CHINA & RUSSIA:
Vassal state DPRK claims to have launched hypersonic missiles successfully.
An argument that China is pulling ahead.
China now has its Manchurian candidate: Gavin Newsom.
China lost a lot in Trump’s Maduro moves, in Taiwan’s view.
China is likely financing pro-Maduro protests within the U.S.
Is Russia expanding its war?
Russa fires hypersonic at Ukraine.
Taiwan under constant cyberattack by the China’s CCCP.
Putin is peeing his pants over the Mauduro capture.
COURTS:
The Ninth Circuit rules Gaven Newsom’s broad-ban on guns unconstitutional.
The Ninth Circuit strikes down Democrat law as religious bigotry.
Reflections on how SCOTUS has helped save “democracy” recently.
Over 1,000 companies are suing for tariff relief (repayment).
ECONOMY:
Saks readying itself for Chapter 11.
POLS BEHAVING BADLY:
Dems
Fraud fallout: Tim Walz ends re-election bid in wake of taxpayer fleecing uncovered.
Inside the “fall” which may not yet have reached bottom.
Judge convicted of obstruction of justice resigns post.
A young man vandalized VPOTUS Vance’s home.
China now has its Manchurian candidate: Gavin Newsom.
Another big city mayor going soft on crime.
Another crying Democrat Commie.
Even Eric Adams knows this bat-crap level radical.
Dem leader openly advocates property takings in the name of equity.
Radical Democrat ideology is becoming a mental health issue: Woman feels bad for bemoaning white woman’s death because she’s…white.
Are Democrats in love with a Dictator?
Reps
Hegseth’s weakness shows again with his thin-skin reactivity to U.S. Senator Kelly.
1,000,000+ the number of documents AG Bondi is illegally withholding from the public.
Roger Stone allegedly being funded by the Muslim government of Somalia.
More public control of private industries by POTUS, here and here.
17 House Republicans voted to extend subsides to health insurance companies with U.S. tax dollars.
Did Trump pardon the J6 Pipebomber?
TRAVEL:
A traveler’s reflection on Mexico.
Delta is the most ontime domestic airline.
NYT: 52 places to go in 2026.
The most anticipated 2026 museum openings.
The top 10 domestic airports for remote work.
Cheapest European cities to visit.
January Wolf Moon pictures, here.
Will the Beatles be forgotten?
Still valid: Stewardship advice from the 1950s.
Matching your Meyer-Briggs profile to a job.
Deep-dive into the numbers behind America’s life expectancy.
Congressional stock trading: Wow.
2026 health trends here.
The latest updates to the White House remodeling plans.
Remembering how Disney helped pay off its debt and help win WWII.
Laughter the lever for social change.
Timeless wisdom:
